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The Secret Life of Planets

by Zaki Ibrahim

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1.
Intro 02:00
2.
Get There 04:24
Section on the freeway We disappear, the speed of light The seminary ain’t missing Mary She free tonight To lift it up drop it down Mm Spend that money right It don’t matter what it hurt like As long as we get there Be wild as the wind When we both there At the end or beginning As long as we get there Saturday morning I’m sipping on love and lime Making out, making in, making out, making in Moving in perfect time Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering Ginger Pretender Moment I’m a stranger, in my own right, I’m gone… Gone gone gone gone Long as the fire becomes smoke, I toke to inhale what’s left of you and me Memories, they don’t just go away Just go away. I can’t be the only one with faith, boy Always my own Dance with me, match with me You’ll know you get the best of me Drop it down Spend the money right It don’t matter what it hurt like As long as we get there Be wild as the wind When we both there At the end or beginning As long as we get there Be wild as the wind When we both there At the end or beginning Saturday morning I’m sipping on love and lime Gone Gone Gone, Gone Making out, making in, making in Moving in perfect time Whispering Whispering Whispering Whispering
3.
Don’t wanna stop don’t wanna slow my pace LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU Don’t wanna drop, don’t wanna lower my gaze LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU Its heating up, needing to remove these layers LEAVIN’ ME NAKED READY OR NOT, THIS WORLD IS FOR US. JUST WANNU EXPLORE THE NEUCEUS TO RADIATE MY AURA oohh, no need to be bashful, baby ooh, OOOOH OOOH I don’t see nothing wrong with LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU AAAAHHH AAAAAAHH Stay here for a while We could stay forever LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU Like the river nile, precious and abundant LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU I’m digging your style, right down the bed rock RIGHT DOWN TO THE BED ROCK Love made naked by you I need you, you You were what I was made for What I was made for LOVE MADE NAKED LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU Ain’t gonna stop Ain’t stop my pace Don’t wanna drop Ain’t gonna lower my gaze LOVE MADE NAKED BY YOU Its heating up, needing to remove these layers LEAVIN’ ME NAKED Ready or not This world is for us Just wannu explore the neucleus and radiate my aura Ohhh Ain’t it what you asked for, baby OOH OOOH I don’t se nothing wrong, nothing wrong with love made naked by you Stay here for a while We could stay forever Love made naked by you Like the river nile Previous and abundant Love made naked by you I’m digging your style right down to the bed rock Right Down Love made naked by you You, you, you, you, you You were what I was made for You were what I was made for Love made naked by you When I see you I’m alive although I know it’s terrifying Just the thought of letting it ride You never know what’s in the night And in my mind I’m close to crying and it’s super satisfiying It’s amazin what you’ll find when you choose to be alive Now if that feeling that I’m feeling is ever leading me to cry Then I should listen close to I don’t lose my mind OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH Love made naked by you OOOOOOOH OOOOOOH OOOOH
4.
Cut Loose 04:40
Shifting to cryptic, sideways The only way to hide your ghoulish ways You two talk and use your language Grinnin’ and spinnin’ that old pitch perfect web Grip so tight in your shoulders Bite down with the force of forty men Bound by immortal desire Soon you’ll be the king Sure as the shape you’re in Until you cut loose It’s your turn You oughta know But you don’t Until you cut loose What happenin’? You better know Distance you keep it far away Gravity can’t hold you safe Ayyo – who’s gonna save you From the deep unknown OOOOHHOO But don’t look any further Oh, when your gone again You can’t breath the words are caught beneath what’s said Clawing and pulling at something On the surface, trying to get at what you want, you forget ‘bout what you need Until you cut loose It’s your turn You oughta know But you don’t Until you cut loose What happenin? You better know Hey Boy, why you gotta be so rude? Don’t be rude! Have a new attitude You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are You’ll find that star that you are that you are That you are
5.
Profantasies 03:51
I looked for you in every other day dream All the others were a figment of my inhibitions Left you on the side walk ‘Coz I knew I’d be back for you Hoping that the summer sun would thaw you out Nothing like it, like a new ID to bury me Chocking on last words Falling over past hurt But you pull me up Ought to be worth something Ought to be worth something Opened up my love again Mm, Ate it like a profantasy Finally by my design I get to manifest a monster Cool to the touch but he really got the best the world has ever seen, I bet And I’m on fire again I know I’m supposed to be focussed more, but it’s hard when He got to be holding something Cos my love get ticklish, my appetite get vigorous, can’t figure this I’m low now…more focus, need MORE now, I’m going down, going through it, through it Maybe this time, could you find a way to.. Pull me up, yeah! And it better be worth something Ought to be worth something Opened up my love again And treat it like a profantasy Pull me up, yeah! Ought to be worth something Opened up my love And treat it like a profantasy Pull me up, yeah! And it better be worth something Ought to be worth something Opened up my love again And treat it like a profantasy And you pull me up, yeah! Ought to be worth something Opened up my love again And treat it like a profantasy
6.
Galileo 04:34
By the river side Always weepy All of his wives could be mermaids or sea lions He could bend the rules, lofty dreamer All the most peculiar miracles, the norm And I know how he misbehaves Oh, but I love his ways Galileo, it wasn’t your fault Venus would fall With or without your love Galileo, it wasn’t your fault Venus would fall With or without your love The places he goes To be lost I can’t follow Terrified of knowing how far we could go Never never landing Broken promise I’d leave no more room for me and mine …but I adore his mind I adore his mind Galileo, it wasn’t your fault Venus would fall With or without your love Galileo, it wasn’t your fault Venus would fall With or without your love Galileo, it wasn’t your fault Venus would fall With or without your love Without your love Without your love Without your love Galileo Galileo With or without your love The places he goes To be lost I can’t follow
7.
Dangerous 03:14
‘coz you’re like… ‘coz you’re like… ‘coz you’re like water…. And the salt’s beneath my skin Attempted to replicate it Often spliced with other things Only the Maker can make it For the fortunate to live, we should have lived much more Loved ‘til we’re heart sore Now you can hear a pin drop Dangerous Dangerous plan To justify the thought but leave me naked I’ll be a fool with you Blissful escape pod Or we could just dance Or we could just…. Oceans in a glass Heaven in a wild flower Wild romance Cool in the eleventh hour ‘coz you’re like water and the salt’s beneath my skin Drop Drop Drop
8.
Sugar B 03:59
The more you sweeten the more you want No good for the long run But it’s nice.. Too nice if you ask me Sugar my sugar me sugar B Mama be all you need You be sugar, my love slave Think not therefore I feed you Laugh now and cry later, I say Sugar my sugar me sugar B Sugar my sugar me sugar B Sugar me sugar my love slave Something to sweeten my soul babe Should’ve been less of a gentleman Should have been gentle when…the come down cracked hard upon the cane Oooh sweet babe, Mama just wasn’t brave She wanna misbehave Mess around and get jaded Laugh now and cry later, my only joy Love now and crawl later You can be love for the day My joy and my decay Sugar me It’s all I need You can be my love slave Something to sweeten my soul babe Forgot what alone feels like…alone in a coffin Sugar my grave now babe And bitter sink in…. (you know your soul, baby you should’ve known better Sweet for your soul, baby you should’ve known better than to lie) Sugar me!! Sugar my sugar me sugar B Sugar my sugar me sugar B Sugar me sugar my love slave Something to sweeten my soul babe Sugar my sugar me sugar B You’re all I need Sugar my sugar me sugar B Sugar me sugar my love slave Something to sweeten my soul babe
9.
Diamond Time 04:20
I’m afraid of what I know. Its not whether I’m right or not. There’s a billion ways my love could go Maybe even unorthodox But what’s a girl to do with someone like you WHEN I LOOK UP AT THE MOON REMEBERING How I used to move mountains Every crater was a mould I PUT YOU IN Manifest the fountain And now it brings me you You got me feeling brand new…yea No matter what the shape you take The reason for your being I will cherish you …eh! I’ve known love through the ages Big enough to blow your mind Big enough to blow your mind Stronger with no trepidation Now we in the diamond time Now we in the diamond, diamond time In your fire I learned about who I am Burned me into carbon Could no longer be vulnerable in my skin Was the queen and the goblin Now I brave unsightly truths For this I thank you.. I do I do I do… Falling in and out of mind Chasing another half somehow Maybe if I knew then what I’d rewind I would never again allow my wholeness to be you It ain’t fair to you… No matter what the hurt entails the scars enhance the beauty I still honor you .. I do I don’t want the fairy tale The obvious engagement I want you. I’ve known love through the ages Big enough to blow your mind Big enough to blow your mind Stronger with no trepidation Now we in the diamond time Now we in the diamond, diamond time I’ve known love through the ages Big enough to blow your mind Big enough to blow your mind Stronger with no trepidation Now we in the diamond time Now we in the diamond, diamond time Time Time Time I have faith Every day I get stronger In every way Oh what I am And the fact remains what I became Was love Big enough to blow your mind Big enough to blow your mind Stronger with no trepidation Now we in the diamond time Now we in the diamond, diamond time I’ve known love through the ages Big enough to blow your mind Big enough to blow your mind Stronger with no trepidation Now we in the diamond time Now we in the diamond, diamond time
10.
Cold Feet 03:22
I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you I was just thinking about you These cold feet they won’t suffice Think I’m going to need a bed I want to get to you but tangled in a web I bash my head I was just thinking about you and wanted to holler but taking the time after too many moments are lost Truth be told I’m too complicated These cold feet Keep holding me These cold feet Keep holding me Most of life and be safe in your head so just go mad Love affairs get deep, baby So go ahead Did it or didn’t it make much more sense when we just let it fall But truth be told I want it all All All All These cold feet Keep holding me These cold feet Keep holding me You don’t have to worry, baby You don’t have to cry I’m there by your side When you get the feeling that I’ve been gone for too long It’s got to be you, babe Coming in from the cold Keep holding me It’s got to be you, babe I want you you you you you I want me me me me me All of you you you you you So what’s it going to be I want you To want me I want you to want me I want you to want me I want you to keep holding me And I want you to want all of me
11.
Are you ready? Do it right Are you ready? do it right! do it right! Are you ready? Do it right Are you ready? do it right! do it right! I could lead you through catacombs I could lead you into the womb where you’ll glow Where you came from, baby, can’t contain your spirit The world you know is not enough for you Not on your life You were placed here to bloom Do that thing right Let me be your light Photosynthesize Do the thing right She gon go She gon lead you She gon fine time to go do the thing righ She gon go She don’t need you She gon find time to go to the thing righ I want to see the world in you I’ll be your motivation Yu know what you need to do Believe we could build a nation, yea She gooooo She gon go She gon lead you She gon find time to go do the thing right She gooooo She gon go She don’t need you She gon find time to go to the thing right Go get it how she like Or synchronize Do the thing right Do the thing Lean to the light This is your life Do the thing right Love, you’re coded for greatness It’s your way love come up out of that cradle it’s your day to quicken up that pace and get it You’re coded for greatness just let it unfold let’s go But our love is made to generate fresh As it has been for days and it’s best that I lead the way, I suggest but it’s not for me to say that we head don’t be afraid that we left, can’t go back that way coz we stepped can’t go back again regret It’s like an albatross on your neck why calculate the loss of respect pack it in a pillow case and lets jet, bae you have not seen nothing yet you supposed to feel the pain in ya chest you supposed to walk through the rain and the TEMPEST post to know the strain and the stress You know where you come from, let’s go where we getting’ And a love is made to generate love
12.
We behold the night.. like this: Stretched infinite, we fall, longing for likeness You became my favourite wish Dissonance keeps us from colliding Dissonance keeps us from colliding Some call it crazy, say that it doesn’t make sense We’re birds of a feather, lady We wanted the same What if we were binary What if the two made three It don’t matter what you know Love’s what the two make Binary What if you were me Could it be? Learning from it coming from it Running for your life Cradle me and maybe I can change your mind Even when you faulter, even when you lie Even when you do things I don’t like What if we were binary, what if we were binary What if we were two when it began? What if we were three? What is love eternal with no time? You were just a daydream in my mind She is me and I am him Sacred. Everlasting. What if we were Binary What if the two made three It don’t matter what you know Love’s what the two make Binary What if you were me Could it be? What if we were binary What if the two made three It don’t matter what you know Love’s what the two make Binary What if you were me Could it be?
13.
For Andrea And all the things she’s done for me For Andrea Coz She’s always who she wants to be She’ll ask the sun to rise Then she’ll kneel and shade my eyes For Andrea For Andrea And all the things she’s done for me For Andrea Coz She’s always who she wants to be She’ll ask the sun to rise Then she’ll kneel and shade my eyes Andrea For Andrea For Andrea And all the things she’s done for me For Andrea Coz She’s always who she wants to be She’ll ask the sun to rise Then she’ll kneel and shade my eyes Andrea For Andrea

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The Secret Life of Planets, a synthesis of worlds ending and beginning, was produced with frequent collaborators Alister Johnson and Casey MQ. The album showcases Ibrahim’s many-layered vision of sound and story. At the time of its original release in 2018, Planets may have seemed, to critics and to Ibrahim herself, a statement on closure, the two halves of the mourning and joyful self made whole.

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released March 12, 2021

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Zaki Ibrahim Toronto, Ontario

There’s a standard narrative that an artist releases an album, but for Zaki Ibrahim it seems the reverse is true . From one angle, Ibrahim’s career is punctuated by extended absences from the Toronto scene where she built her name, launched a label and found success. ... more

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